mr white wrote:So why does Rizzuto care so much that montagna got hit? Who could expect to reign in desjardins after the attempred hit on him? I am not clear on how much Rizzuto knew at that time in terms of the details of the plotting between desjardins and montagna...he was certainly still calling up did maulo for important conversations and didon't like what he heard.
The only thing he cared about Montagna was that he probably would've wanted to kill him himself.
Who knows, perhaps Rizzuto went after Desjardins and everyone connected to him because he was so mad they killed Montagna before he could.
Di Maulo, being a veteran mobster and probably still loyal to New York, knew the implications of killing Montagna. I think indirectly, Montagna's presence was his life insurancy. When the latter was killed, the coalition that wanted to replace the Rizzutos automatically lost the support they may have had from New York and perhaps from the elements of the Siderno group as well. This gave the Rizzuto group the opportunity to enact revenge because outside forces weren't going to interfere. I think everybody outside of Montreal that was somehow involved with the coup washed their hands off Montreal when the coalition inside the city fell apart.
It's interesting if Montagna wanted Di Maulo to take over. If that's true the guy really wasn't as stupid as some believe. I think this would've been a smart move. Di Maulo was a logical successor of Rizzuto and he was widely respected in and outside of the city. Most likely ties to the Bonannos would've been restored and Montagna could've maintained some influence from Toronto, where according to some sources he wanted to settle.
[quote="mr white"]So why does Rizzuto care so much that montagna got hit? Who could expect to reign in desjardins after the attempred hit on him? I am not clear on how much Rizzuto knew at that time in terms of the details of the plotting between desjardins and montagna...he was certainly still calling up did maulo for important conversations and didon't like what he heard.[/quote]The only thing he cared about Montagna was that he probably would've wanted to kill him himself.
Who knows, perhaps Rizzuto went after Desjardins and everyone connected to him because he was so mad they killed Montagna before he could. :D
Di Maulo, being a veteran mobster and probably still loyal to New York, knew the implications of killing Montagna. I think indirectly, Montagna's presence was his life insurancy. When the latter was killed, the coalition that wanted to replace the Rizzutos automatically lost the support they may have had from New York and perhaps from the elements of the Siderno group as well. This gave the Rizzuto group the opportunity to enact revenge because outside forces weren't going to interfere. I think everybody outside of Montreal that was somehow involved with the coup washed their hands off Montreal when the coalition inside the city fell apart.
It's interesting if Montagna wanted Di Maulo to take over. If that's true the guy really wasn't as stupid as some believe. I think this would've been a smart move. Di Maulo was a logical successor of Rizzuto and he was widely respected in and outside of the city. Most likely ties to the Bonannos would've been restored and Montagna could've maintained some influence from Toronto, where according to some sources he wanted to settle.